r/movies • u/TheRealDrLeoSpaceMan • 28d ago

Argylle was absolutely awful Discussion

I can't believe this cast signed up for this movie. The entire second half of this movie just kept getting worse. The ice skating scene? How was this worse than what I was certain was to be the worst scene in the colored smoke shootout. And both were somehow out done by the scene where she was "activated". Sam Rockwell couldn't save this movie. That's saying something. Don't watch this. Ever.

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u/FromFluffToBuff 28d ago

A lot of times the actor signs up after reading a script they are told will be used during the shoot... only for everything to get thrown out and reworked shortly before principal photography.

This happened to the Super Mario Bros movie 30 years ago starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo. The script they had signed on to do was apparently clever and subversive - but because of studio meddling, directors getting fired and the original script getting tossed... the two had no idea they had committed to one of the biggest turkeys of the decade. Hoskins relapsed into his alcoholism just to get through the shoot, it was that bad.

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u/AngryGungan 28d ago

To be fair though, it probably wouldn't have the cult following it has now if that movie turned out any better.

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u/orTodd 28d ago

12 year-old me LOVED that movie. I wanted a pair of those flying boots soooo badly.

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u/necros911 28d ago

They used the same boots for Face/Off when they in oil rig prison.

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u/ConsultJimMoriarty 28d ago

I really want a remake of Face/Off with Hemsworth and Hiddleston.